enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: bar coasters wikipedia

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Drink coaster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink_coaster

    A coaster on top of a beverage can also be used to show that a drink is not finished or to prevent contamination (usually from insects). Coasters can also stop hot drinks from burning the table surface. In a pub or bar, coasters are used to protect tables and bar surfaces. Coasters are typically made of paper, and sometimes are used to write on.

  3. Cosmic Coasters - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Coasters

    Cosmic Coasters is a board game designed by Andrew Looney and published by Looney Labs. In 2002, Cosmic Coasters won the Origins Award for Best Abstract Board Game of 2001. [1] The game is played on custom bar coasters bearing the image of a Galilean moon on one side and a rules summary on the other.

  4. List of roller coaster elements - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_roller_coaster...

    Single-position lap bars on wooden roller coasters are sometimes referred to as "buzz bars", a slang term named for the buzzing sound that some bars make as they lock or release. The term can be misleading as the buzzing sound only occurs on Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) trains when the solenoid that releases the bar is out of alignment ...

  5. Accelerator Coaster - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_Coaster

    Only three Accelerator Coasters have a lap bar restraint without the over-the-shoulder harness - Xcelerator, [3] Top Thrill Dragster [4] and Formula Rossa. [ 5 ] Another notable feature is the locking system, which uses two hydraulic cylinders for redundancy (in case one fails) rather than relying on the older ratchet design.

  6. Category:Roller coaster introductions by year - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Roller_coaster...

    This page was last edited on 29 November 2021, at 20:44 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. List of incidents at independent amusement parks - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_at...

    On March 20, 2011, a lap bar on the Hi-Miler roller coaster at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo suddenly unlocked, causing a 47-year-old male guest to fall more than 28 feet (8.5 m) from the roller coaster. The malfunction was caused by a single screw, which was supposed to keep the lock pin in place and the lap bar locked.

  8. Galaxi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxi

    Galaxi (also Galaxy) is the common name of a series of mass-produced roller coasters manufactured primarily by Italian company S.D.C, which went bankrupt in 1993. [1] The roller coaster design was first used in the 1970s, and as of 2009, sixteen Galaxi coasters are still in park-based operation, across the North American, European, and Australian continents, with another two "Standing But Not ...

  9. John A. Miller - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Miller

    John A. Miller, born August John Mueller (1872 – June 24, 1941), was an American roller coaster designer and builder, inventor, and businessman. Miller patented over 100 key roller coaster components, [1] and is widely considered the "father of the modern high-speed roller coaster."

  1. Ads

    related to: bar coasters wikipedia